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What to Blog

Introduction to Blogging Part Two;

What to Blog

Having decided that you want to give blogging a go, what should you write about and how to go about it. I’ll describe my thought process for what I put on this blog. I’ve been asked how I work out my tutorials, well the same thought process actually goes into anything I put on line. The biggest break you can give yourself is to plan. Don’t try and do a tutorial for later that day or for tomorrow. Thanks to an unreliable Internet connection I have to post things ahead of time and schedule when I want them to appear, as I cannot guarantee that I’ll get a connection at any time.

Idea

So I’ve just made/found or bought something that I want to share with the world.

What

My first step is to decide What exactly it is that I want to share.

A picture of a finished piece or particular item.

A tutorial of how I made something

A review of a piece of equipment

Links to ideas and inspiration

How

Once I’ve decided what it is I want to share, this usually points me in a direction for how to share;

Written article on the blog

Photographic Step By Step on the blog

Video Tutorial; hosted on You Tube but also embedded in the blog

Why

Often over looked in blogs and tutorials but a vital step for me is WHY I’m sharing something. When you thing about why, you are thinking about your intended audience. It makes you think ‘What would I want to know if I was watching /reading this.

In response to a question or comment I have received

To show others how a technique works, to enable them to try it as well

To share how a project was created

To enable someone to decide if a product is for them (reviews)

To share with others information/links that have helped or inspired me, and would do the same for them

To help others increase their knowledge of products and techniques

In the next part of this series I will go into more detail about using pictures in the blog.

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